ground phosphate rock
1rock — rock1 rockless, adj. rocklike, adj. /rok/, n. 1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like. 2. Geol. a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable… …
2Rock — /rok/, n. a male given name. * * * I In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of minerals. The three major classes of rock igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic are based on the processes that formed them. These three classes are… …
3Monocalcium phosphate — Monocalcium phosphate …
4Triple superphosphate — is a fertilizer produced by the action of concentrated phosphoric acid on ground phosphate rock.:3Ca3(PO4)2 middot;CaF2 + 4H3PO4 + 9H2O > 9Ca(H2PO4)2 + CaF2The active ingredient of the product, monocalcium phosphate, is identical to that of… …
5tetraphosphate — |te.trə+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tetra + phosphate 1. : a substance similar to a metaphosphate glass used chiefly commercially 2. : a fertilizer made by heating ground phosphate rock principally with carbonates of… …
6Phosphorus — This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Phosphorus (disambiguation). silicon ← phosphorus → sulfur …
7Nauru — This article is about the island country. For the Tanzanian village, see Nauru, Tanzania. Republic of Nauru Ripublikee Naoero …
8Uranium — (pronEng|jʊˈreɪniəm) is a silvery gray metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92. It has 92 protons and 92 electrons, 6 of them valence electrons. It can have between 141 and …
9Calcium sulfate — Chembox new Name = Calcium sulfate ImageFile = Calcium sulfate hemihydrate.jpg ImageSize = 200px ImageName = Calcium sulfate hemihydrate OtherNames = Plaster of Paris, Drierite Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 7778 18 9 RTECS = WS6920000… …
10Syria — /sear ee euh/, n. 1. Official name, Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 16,137,899; 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Cap.: Damascus. 2. a territory mandated to France in 1922, including the present… …
